Gauge for cold headers and the like



1933. w. cLousE GAUGE FOR COLD HEADERS AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 10, 1930 Patented Aug,8,1935; I v V i l U iT DQ ATE O FICE.

7 (1,921,345 v I VGA'UGE Eon COLDHEADERS AND THELIK "William L. ClorisaI-Tiifin, Ohio, assignor to The p National Machinery Company, Tifiin, Qhio Application 'Novemb'er 10, 1930 Serial No. 494,789

- {Clai s 01. 105-11} i This invention relates. to a gauge for use' with as shown ate, for contact with the endeoi the.

heading machines wherein stock the form of a stock. i e a wire or rod is fed into the machine where a blank 7 The head 8 can. be. made of such strength as is cut-off and then positioned for shaping by the not to'bend under the pressureof stock to..which fixed d bl di it would be subjected, and as the point of con- 60 It has always been desirable to use a gauge for tact withthe stock is only slightly out of line with limiting the movement of the stock into the ma:- th ba 7t e da s l-"10f y el ng or bendi g under.

chines, but, because of the'designs of the headers p ssur' the Stock is further eliminated-t it has been the practice heretofore to support the 7 Any means desired can be used for adjusting,

f 10 gauge at a point remote from its point of'contact the gauge- 1 1 a s ew hreaded-Stem 65 with the abutting stock. Such-gauges have notv 10 can be extended from bar; 7 into a recess 11 1 been satisfactory, however, because they have in the machine. A nut 12in the form of a worm yielded under the pressure of the stock fed theregear can engage the stem 10,-and'is suitably held against and as a result the severedblanks have against movement axially of the-threaded stem.

-' t always b of proper l th, r l This nut is engaged by a worm 13 on a shaft 14 30 the invention may be made within the scope of au u d as d s i d will b ut of 401machine'on line Figure P 'tute no artfof the'present invention.

' The slides of heading -machines are always Which is located at any convenient point for ,acprovided withliner plates and it is an object of tuationby a Crank 15(01 other 'suitable'means. v thepresent invention to support the gauge from When the stocks is fed into the machine at 7 one of these plates so that it ,will be more rigid the opening 16 itwil-l be guided against the stop 7 and better ableto withstand pressure from stock 9 and as this stop isloc'ated only slightly out of 0 than should it be supported at the side ofthe bed 7 in wit a 7 a d t line of thrust s para or body of the machine which is remote fromathe with said bar, there will be no. distortio f stock." H gauge and the stock can be cut off in-a curate f With. the foregoingand other objects in. view lengths by shearing and carry-over means pro- I which will appear as the description proceeds, the vided for that i llrpt ise.v I80 invention resides in the combinationand arrange Obviously various other mechanisms could be. ment of parts and in the details of construction fit forv adjusting the gauge; The structure hereinafter described and claimed, it being undershown and described has been presented merely stood that changes .in the precise embodiment of as an e p one means which can be used what is claimed without departing from the spirit the W y o the v i me hani m onstituting a of th i enti m t e 1 essential parts'of automatic headers and the like In the accompanying drawing the preferred and necessarilylocated withinthe, feed end of form of the invention has been'shown. I the machine. Such mechanisms include 'means 5 I id d wi g 1 I j .for shearing the blanks, means for carrying the Figure 1 is a View partly-in lan and partly in bl nk to e i n y i f r sh pi and ti f ti f" a] h di hine "means for shifting or transferring the dies on the equipped withthe r v gauge. slide. These mechanisms have not been illus Figure 2 is asectionthrough a portion of the .trated in the present case because they consti- Figure 3 is an end elevation of the gauge. 1 w W is Claimed is! V V Referring to the figures by characters of ref- 1. In a metal working machine of the class erence, 1 designates a portion-of the body ofyaf described a heading slide, a liner therefor, a bar heading machine, the heading slide being indiadjustably seated in and projecting from one end 3 cated at 2 while liner plates therefor have been, of the :liner, and a gauge head carried by the I indicated at 3 and 4. Liner plate4 is of sufijcient projecting portion of the bar.

thickness 'to allow the formation of an angular 2. In; a metal working machine of the class channel 5 in one faceand a wedge plate 6 can'be described a heading slide,.a linertherefor having seated on the outer channeled face of the liner a channel-extending longitudinally in one side, a. 31

"' plate for adjusting "it relative to the slide 2. ,bar' adjustably mounted in' the channel and pro- Seated snugly in channel 5 is an angular ban? r jecting from one end of the liner, said channel extending from the head 8 of the gauge. This} and bar'being below the top level of theslide, and

' head is adapted to receive thrust from the stock a gauge head on the projecting portion of the S when fed into the machine and, if desired, an ba'rpthereb'eingmeans for guiding stockagainst 1 enlargement or boss can be formed on the-head, thehead alonga line parallel with the bar.

3. In a metal Working machine of the class described, a heading slide, a liner therefor having a longitudinal channel in one side below the top level of the slide, an angular bar within and held against rotation by the channel, said bar projecting at one end from the liner, a gauge head on the bar, means for guiding stock against the head along a line parallel with the bar, and means for'adjusting the bar and head toward and from the stock guiding means.

4. In a metal working machine a body having a stock receiving space, a heading slide movable substantially horizontally, a stock gauge supported in the space, and means within the body at one side of the slide for adjustably supporting the gauge, said means including a liner plate for the slide.

5. In a metal Working machine a body having a stock receiving space, a heading slide, a stock gauge supported in the space, and means for adjustably supporting the gauge, said means including a liner plate for the slide.

6. In a metal Workingpmachine a body having a stock receiving space, a heading slide, a stock gauge supported in the space, and means lapping one side of the slide below the plane of the top of the slide and close to the side of saidslide, for supporting the gauge for adjustment Within said space, said means including a liner plate for the slide; Y

'7. In a metal Working machine a body, means for feeding stock thereinto, a heading slide, a

liner plate for theslide at one side thereof and WILLIAM L. cLoUsE. 

